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Nance, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72019. It stands on Tenmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lonsdale quadrangle.

Nance within Saline County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

112 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Nance between 1997 and 2019, burning about 573 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 40 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism40
Debris and open burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Natural26 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2015Debris and open burning8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Nance: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Gold, Talc-Soapstone, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
A.S. Brown Manganese PeopertyManganeseUnknown
Congo PitTalc-SoapstoneProducer
Old Spanish DiggingsGoldProspect
UnknownFullers EarthUnknown
Cove Creek SynclineBarium-BariteUnknown
Lucinda Creek SynclineBarium-BaritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Saline County

Storms near this place

8 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nance in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2017Tornado (EF1)Nance$300,000This tornado touched down near the end of Steele Road south of US highway 70 southeast of Lonsdale, knocking down or snapping many trees. Several outbuildings or barns were either severely damaged or destroyed as the tornado moved north-northeast. The tornado then crossed US highway 70 east of Lonsdale. A carport was lofted into trees north/east of US hwy 70, along with additional outbuildings being damaged or destroyed. The tornado continued north destroying another barn before lifting shortly afterwards.
April 2008FloodNance$50,000Heavy rainfall in central Arkansas caused a rise on the Saline River at Benton to moderate flood level. Some roads were flooded along with pastures along the river. Damages were limited to county roads.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindNance$5,000Trees were blown down.
February 2019Thunderstorm WindNance-Large trees were blown down. Hail was reported to have cracked windshields.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNance-Some small limbs and a tree were blown down.
October 1995Thunderstorm WindNance-Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
September 2013Heavy RainNance-no account filed
April 2003HailNance-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Saline County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Slocomb (historical)2.5 miles19
Klondike (historical)3.6 miles19
Alum (historical)3.9 miles19
Crows4.6 miles15
Fairplay (historical)4.7 miles19
Owensville5.4 miles15
Rubicon5.7 miles15
Kentucky7.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58238. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.